About me
When I first picked up charcoal, it was more than just a medium — it was a lifeline. Art helps me breathe. For years, my sketches and landscapes lived quietly among family and friends, cherished yet confined. The urge to share these expressive, dynamic seascapes and landscapes beyond that circle was always there, but only now have I found the moment to bring this passion into the world more openly.
Sonia Scott-Job Art was born out of this desire to connect — to offer more than just images, but experiences that capture the raw, shifting energy of the sea and the quiet power of the land. Each piece is often created with charcoal, a medium that allows me to explore depth, contrast, and emotion in ways that speak directly to the soul. Occasionally, I work with colour too — I do love pastels! — to enhance the mood without overpowering the essence.
The heart of my work lies in its expressiveness and uniqueness. These aren't just landscapes or seascapes; they are living moments, captured in strokes that invite viewers to lose themselves in the shifting tides and windswept horizons.
Sharing this work more broadly is a new chapter for me, transforming a private passion into a career driven by connection and creativity. Each artwork is an invitation to explore those untamed natural elements that inspire me daily. This is more than art — it is a breath, a pulse, a story told in shades of black, grey, and the occasional flash of colour. And it's just the beginning.
I grew up spending every spare moment by the coast — my mother is half-Cornish, my father served in the Royal Navy, and both sides of the family had deep Cornish roots. I live in Twyford, Berkshire now, miles from the nearest shore, but the sea has never really left me.
What I Paint
My work is rooted in five enduring passions:
Charcoal Art
There is something about drawing with chalk and charcoal — the most elemental of the artist's media — that I find exhilarating. Capturing form, line, movement and energy using nothing but light and shade is becoming ever more central to my practice. My particular fascination is creating dynamic seascapes that seek to convey the sheer power of crashing waves at the fleeting moment of breaking.
Coast
Have I said how much I love the sea? With apologies to the Bard — let me count the waves! Any opportunity we had as a family was spent by the coast, in all weathers, regardless of season. It matters not that I now live miles from the big blue: the love endures, and the siren call of the ocean is as strong in me now as it ever was.
Landscapes
Every landscape I depict begins with a feeling and becomes a place. I'm drawn especially to the changing edge where sea meets sky — those moments of light, weather, and tide that shift in an instant and never return quite the same. You'll find works in charcoal, pastel, acrylics and watercolour, exploring coastlines, lakes, trees and other landforms all shaped by wind and time.
Nature
My love of the world about us isn't always about the bigger picture. In quieter moments, I turn my attention to the flowers, plants and wildlife that inhabit this place we call home, painting them with a more delicate and intricate touch. I try to convey the natural world through a lens of quiet intensity, with the warmth and spirit that observation evokes in me.
Treescapes
The way light filters through leaves and branches; the shadows they cast; the colours that emerge when Nature picks up the paintbrush with the changing seasons — all these are reasons, as if I needed any, to paint trees, whether within a landscape or standing proudly in their own right.